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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joseph begin to deal in when the new government takes over in Shanghai?
(a) Books.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Yen.
(d) Raw materials.

2. Gran always buys how many books a week for Anna to read so that she can learn to read more easily?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

3. What begins to return to normal after the Japanese take over in Shanghai?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Anna's fever.
(c) Life.
(d) School.

4. What course does Genevieve enroll in so that she might find a job to support her family?
(a) Modeling.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Real estate.
(d) English.

5. What do Genevieve and Anna notice when they are shopping in the city?
(a) Bodies.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Refugees.
(d) Soldiers.

6. Joseph tells Anna that no matter what happens with Japan, they will be safe in the ______________.
(a) Border Town.
(b) International Settlement.
(c) Villa.
(d) Internment camps.

7. Where does Joseph decide to hide all of his valuable papers and money? Under the __________.
(a) Car.
(b) House foundation.
(c) Floorboard.
(d) Garden.

8. At what university were both of the parents in this story students when they first met?
(a) Vanderbilt.
(b) Boston.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

9. What does Anna's father say that he can leave her after he dies?
(a) His legal issues.
(b) His clothing.
(c) His journals.
(d) His money.

10. Which person in the family wants to leave Shanghai, though others do not want to leave?
(a) Mei Wah.
(b) Anna.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Genevieve.

11. Joseph is accused of witnessing a prisoner, _________, asking to have a letter smuggled out of the camp.
(a) Richard Fletcher.
(b) Will Masters.
(c) Joe Masters.
(d) Mei Wah.

12. At the age of six, Anna knows enough about kidnappings to know that they have to __________.
(a) Leave.
(b) Make a trade.
(c) Wait.
(d) Be quiet.

13. Anna begins to learn how to do all of the things that the ________ used to do in Shanghai.
(a) Parents.
(b) Children.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Servants.

14. On _________ mornings, Joseph takes Anna to the Foreign Correspondents Club.
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

15. Who begins to dress differently and to act differently than they used to in Shanghai?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Anna.
(c) Genevieve.
(d) Gran.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Joseph taken after is is accused of witnessing the prisoner ask to have a letter smuggled out?

2. Joseph tells Genevieve that he needs time to __________ before he can leave.

3. What is the road on which the big shopping area is located, according to the book?

4. Even though Genevieve sometimes objects, Joseph often takes _________ out on his outings.

5. Joseph is moved to the ______ hotel, where he learns that all foreigner assets have been frozen, as well as bank accounts.

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